Normal: "A fiend created when various magics fuse with pyreflies. It wields every type of magic and is resistant to physical and magic attacks. The nastiest kind of Elemental."Oversoul: "A fiend created when various magics fuse with pyreflies. It is resistant to physical and magic attacks. Its attacks weaken as it deals damage."— Scan

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It is best to have a way to cast Reflect or Shell to lessen the damage it can do against the party. If it casts Reflect on itself, the player can use a Dispel Tonic or cast Dispel to eliminate it to avoid it bouncing spells off itself. It is not too difficult of an enemy to take down if the player has acquired Tetra Band, Tetra Gloves, or Force Of Nature.

If this monster of magical expertise has joined the party (true for the International or HD Remaster versions), it is automatically equipped with the following: Magic Up, Flare, Cure, and Absorb. It has permanent Regen status. It does not come equipped with the ability to be immune to the four elemental types of magic, like it would in the wild, nor does it seem to resist Ejection or Instant Death. One could equip this fiend with the Tetra Guard bracelet or the Tetra Eater to exchange the damage into HP. The Force of Nature would allow it to absorb the four elements on top of Holy and Gravity.

The Dark Elemental has high Defense, Magic, and can take Magical damage well, but it has low Speed, pitiful Evasion, Strength, and Luck. Making this fiend don the Black Magedressphere is preferable, so it can use its Flare and other spells, if they are modified on the monster, do more damage. It can be given Twin Stars during combat to prevent MP consumption, or it can be customized with 8 Three Stars to be given One MP Cost.

In the Fiend Tale endings, one notable Dark Elemental was created from the spirit of a young girl who slipped into Moonflow's waters and drowned. The daughter's mother visited the Moonflow's banks out of guilt. Having learned telepathy from Shinra, the Dark Elemental returns to the Moonflow to communicate with her mother. The mother commits suicide the manner of death her daughter suffered, but the Dark Elemental, assuming her human form, pleads with her mother to let go of the past and continue living for both their sakes. With the daughter's mission accomplished, watching her mother leave with a man who befriended her since her death, the Dark Elemental departs for the Farplane.

[view·edit·purge]An elemental is a mythic being described in occult and alchemical works from around the time of the European Renaissance and particularly elaborated in the 16th century works of Paracelsus.